West Dart Head

West Dart Head is a spring in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. West Dart Head is situated nearby to the spring South Tavy Head, as well as near the peak Flat Tor.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cut Hill and Beardown Man standing stone.

Cut Hill

Peak

Photo: Chris Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cut Hill is a hill in the North Dartmoor region of Devon, England. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Hangingstone Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the northeast.

Beardown Man standing stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beardown Man standing stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles south of West Dart Head.

Sittaford Tor

Peak

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sittaford Tor is a peak, which is situated 2 miles northeast of West Dart Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Postbridge and Two Bridges.

Postbridge

Village

Photo: Brian Henman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead. Postbridge is situated 3½ miles southeast of West Dart Head.

Two Bridges

Hamlet

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Two Bridges is an isolated location on the river West Dart in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is situated around 2.5 km northeast of Princetown at the intersection of the two roads that cross Dartmoor: one is the old turnpike road which was built across Dartmoor in the late 18th century; the other is the B3357. Two Bridges is situated 4 miles south of West Dart Head.